The (In)visibility of psychological family violence in childhood and adolescence

A viol??ncia psicol??gica na inf??ncia e adolesc??ncia, no contexto familiar, ainda ?? pouco estudada. Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar como a viol??ncia psicol??gica na fam??lia relatada por crian??as e adolescentes tem sido abordada nos estudos acad??micos, atrav??s de revis??o de literatura. A metodologia utilizada baseou-se na pesquisa bibliogr??fica das fontes de informa????es das bases de dados da LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO, PubMed e do Portal Capes, nas bases Scopus e PsycInfo. Entre 51 estudos epidemiol??gicos, 16 desses se mostraram adequados ao objetivo desse artigo e comprovam a alta preval??ncia deste tipo de viol??ncia. Atrav??s dessa revis??o pode-se perceber que esse tema tem sido mais estudado na literatura internacional do que na brasileira, e que aumentou significativamente sua visibilidade na ??ltima d??cada, por??m ainda enfrenta dificuldades quanto ?? defini????o, conceitua????o e operacionalidade. Constatou-se que a viol??ncia psicol??gica ao sair da invisibilidade pode colaborar para o aumento da preven????o e da prote????o desta natureza de viol??ncia.Psychological family violence in childhood and adolescence is still poorly studied, due to difficulties in its definition and detection. This article aims to examine how psychological family violence reported by children and adolescents has been addressed in academic studies, using a literature review (LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO, PubMed, CAPES Portal, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS databases). Among 51 epidemiological studies, 16 articles met the review's objectives; some of the articles reported a high prevalence of such violence. The study showed that the issue has been studied more in the international literature than in Brazil, which has significantly increased its visibility in the last decade but still faces difficulties involving definition, conceptualization, and operationalization. Eliminating the invisibility of psychological violence in the family could help promote prevention of such violence and protection of children and adolescents